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Publishing Committee · Saratoga Springs, N. Y. · Feb 17, 1852

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 2, No. 12.

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WM. S. INGRAHAM

By William S. Ingraham

From Bro. Ingraham,
DEAR BRO. WHITE: I am in a waste howling wilderness, in the northern part of New York, in search of my heavenly Father's sheep. One of the Lord's shepherds passed through this vicinity but a few days since, (S. W. Rhodes,) and was successful in taking some of our Father's family from the jaws of the lion. Others of late have embraced the Sabbath of the Lord our God. I have visited Canton, Lisbon, Norfolk, Bangor, and am now in Chateaugay. In the first mentioned place Bro. Rhodes held a few meetings, and many of the brethren were convinced that we were right in our views of the present truth; but since his departure grevious preachers have entered in not sparing the flock. I found them distracted and discouraged. I preached the Word to them as well as I could. I had the privilege of preaching to one of those professed shepherds that had been trying to hedge up the way of truth. In his prayer he made mention of the devil's imps, that were going through the land to divide the flock of God. And in his exhortation he said he could show the falsity of our position. I gave him the opportunity of so doing, but found him destitute of argument or courage. He did not undertake to do away our position by a thus saith the Lord, but manifested a disposition to haggle and oppose the truth. O God! save the little ones from such preachers, is my prayer.
In Lisbon the Lord has a few jewels that have embraced the third angel's message. And in Norfolk I found some honest souls that wanted the truth. Some have embraced the Sabbath and others are enquiring. In Bangor the Lord was with us, and a good result immediately followed the preaching of the truth. Bro. Lawrence, a young preacher, confessed his faith in the Sabbath, and is living accordingly. The Lord enable him to be as valiant for the third angel's message as he has been for the first and second. As it regards myself, my faith is fixed, and my determination is to enter the New Jerusalem with the 144,000, to enjoy the society of angels and saints 1000 years, and then, with all the meek, inherit the kingdom under the whole heaven for ever and ever.

WM. S. INGRAHAM

Chateaugay, N. Y., Feb. 4th, 1852.